different between disclaimer vs caution

English

Etymology

Partly from Middle English discleymer, from Anglo-Norman desclamer; and partly from disclaim +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?kle?m.?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?kle?m.?/
• Hyphenation: dis?claim?er
• Rhymes: -e?m?(r)

Noun

disclaimer (plural disclaimers)

1. One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
2. A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
3. (law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
4. (proscribed) A disclosure of an interest, relationship, or the like.
   • 2012, Anant Rangaswami, "No need for regulation in media – it’s happening by itself", Firstpost, May 10, 2012

     It interviewed, among others, the director of Vasant Valley School, owned by the same family that part-owns Mail Today. No disclaimer was carried stating as much.

   • 2018, Hallie Detrick, "What We Know About Sean Hannity's Shell Companies and Why It Matters", Fortune, April 23

     Though the fact that the two men do business together was disclosed on air, a recent op-ed penned by Lako and published on the Hannity show’s website had no such disclaimer.

Usage notes

• The use in the sense of a disclosure rather than a disavowal is a recent extension in meaning that disregards the etymology and may be considered incorrect usage.

Translations

Verb

disclaimer (third-person singular simple present disclaimers, present participle disclaimering, simple past and past participle disclaimered)

1. (transitive, informal) To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer.
   • 2005, Raven Kaldera, Pagan Polyamory: Becoming a Tribe of Hearts (page 229)

     When you can hear your lover say that painful thing straight up, without a lot of disclaimering or softening to make sure that your feelings will be hurt as little as possible, […]

   • 2015, Evan Butler, Guardians of Life (page 45)

     Now that I have disclaimered myself, I can tell you the story of how one of the guards smoked Salvia divinorum and tripped balls for fifteen minutes […]

References

• disclaimer at OneLook Dictionary Search

Old French

Verb

disclaimer

1. Alternative form of desclamer

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1297 as Middle English caucioun (“bail, guarantee, pledge”), from Old French caution (“security, surety”), itself from Latin cauti?, from cautus, past participle of cave?, cav?re (“be on one's guard”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôshn, IPA^(key): /?k???(?)n/
• (US) enPR: käshn, kôshn, IPA^(key): /?k???(?)n/, /?k??(?)n/
• (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) enPR: käshn, IPA^(key): /?k??n?/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

caution (countable and uncountable, plural cautions)

1. Precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction; prudence in regard to danger; provident care
2. A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided

   The guideline expressed caution against excessive radiographic imaging.

3. Security; guaranty; bail.
4. (dated) One who draws attention or causes astonishment by their behaviour.

   Oh, that boy, he's a caution! He does make me laugh.

5. (law) A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
6. (soccer) A yellow card.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:caution

Hyponyms

• precaution

Derived terms

• cautionary
• cautious

Related terms

• caveat
• err on the side of caution
• throw caution to the wind

Translations

Verb

caution (third-person singular simple present cautions, present participle cautioning, simple past and past participle cautioned)

1. (transitive) To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
2. (soccer) To give a yellow card

Translations

Anagrams

• auction, tauonic

French

Etymology

From Old French caution, borrowed from Latin cauti?, cauti?nem, from cautus, past participle of cave?, cav?re (“be on one's guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.sj??/

Noun

caution f (plural cautions)

1. caution, guaranty, bail
2. deposit
3. security deposit

Derived terms

• cautionnement m
• cautionner

Further reading

• “caution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• couinât

Norman

Etymology

From Old French caution, borrowed from Latin cauti?, cauti?nem.

Noun

caution f (plural cautions)

1. (Jersey) deposit
2. (Jersey, law) bail